venerdì 4 maggio 2012

Seattle, WA: Mayor’s home attacked

from the press:
Seattle police are investigating after vandals threw rocks through
windows at the home of Mayor Mike McGinn following violent May Day
protests.
McGinn spokesman Aaron Pickus confirmed Wednesday that the rocks
sailed through his dining room and living room windows around midnight.
McGinn and his wife were home but were not injured.
According to a police report, the mayor’s wife saw two people outside
the home after the rocks were thrown. One waved and then both suspects
walked away. A police search of the area failed to locate them.
The news comes as Downtown Seattle was getting back to normal a day
after Black-clad protesters using sticks and bats smashed stores and
automobile windows during May Day demonstrations that turned violent in
Seattle. During the clashes, police recovered homemade incendiary
devices made from toilet paper rolls and fruit juice boxes.
The situation had calmed enough Wednesday morning that McGinn
rescinded his emergency order from Tuesday that allowed police to
confiscate items that could be used as weapons. By Tuesday night, police
had seized about 70 such items, including one with at least a dozen
cigarette lighters taped together.
“Our concerns were real, and I think we handled it as best we could,”
police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said late Tuesday night. “These were, for the
most part, peaceful demonstrations. It’s such as shame that such a
small group of individuals were able to hijack the event and dilute the
message to one of violence. They came here and they smashed it up.”
Police arrested at least a dozen people throughout the day, as
hundreds marched through downtown. Later in the day, two planned marches
for immigrant rights and other social issues were mostly peaceful,
though the large crowds disrupted rush hour traffic and temporarily
rerouted city buses.
By late evening, however, rain and winds had thinned the crowds.
“We appreciate that the vast majority of people out there are
peaceful participants,” McGinn said at an afternoon news conference.
“What we know from WTO previously is you get a group of people committed
to cause damage…My direction to police is I expect them to respond to
law breaking swiftly and aggressively.”
Three arrested for investigation of assaulting a police officer and a
fourth for malicious mischief will make their first court appearance
Wednesday afternoon. Seattle Police say they are seeking subpoenas to
get copies of photographs and videos from local media outlets to perhaps
identify other law-breakers.
McGinn said many of the most violent protesters – those who had
caused damage with rocks, hammers and tire irons – tried to hide in the
larger crowd early Tuesday afternoon by shedding their all-black
clothes.
At the federal appeals court building, an FBI evidence team arrived
after protesters shattered glass doors with rocks and threw or shot a
smoke bomb toward the lobby. The device hit the only door that didn’t
break, spun off into some nearby bushes and started a small blaze that
quickly burned itself out.
The entrance to the Niketown store was completely smashed in, with
chunks of broken glass littering the sidewalk. Vandals splattered paint
across the store and a neighboring business. Police on bicycles moved in
and dispersed people, and the entrances were soon closed off with
police tape.
Charlone Mayfield, a retired medical industry worker from Seattle,
was inside a Verizon cellphone store when she saw the crowd approach.
One of the protesters broke off from the group and struck the window as
she watched.
“He started hitting the window with his baseball bat…I was here when WTO happened, this is really scary,” Mayfield said.
Traditionally, May Day honors labor and workers’ rights. In Seattle,
it drew hundreds of demonstrators for immigration rights and from the
Occupy movement, with several groups converging on a park near downtown
for rallies and music.
A separate group held an organized march for immigrants’ rights that
proceeded to a downtown bank branch and then staged a rally.
“Our march is about the workers and the immigrants,” said Rafael Garcia, 27, who pushed his 1-year-old son in a stroller.
Earlier Tuesday at the American Apparel store next to Niketown,
assistant manager Mia Harrison was folding sweaters when she heard the
commotion.
“I decided to go out on the sidewalk, and I saw all the people in
black masks running to Niketown and our store. They started to throw
smoke bombs and canisters,” she said.
The vandals shattered a door and cracked two windows. No one was hurt.

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